Apparatus for receiving and transferring kinetic energy from water waves

ABSTRACT

A floatable surface vessel comprises a vessel hull having a circular sector-shaped cross-section and a ballast filling with a controllable position of a centre of mass disposed remote from the circular centre and adapted to come into resonance with rocking action of water waves being induced a rocking motion of the hull about the circular centre and a frame being supported on the hull for rotation about the circular centre to be isolated from the rocking.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application is a continued-in-part Application/Control Ser. No.12/001,943, Art Unit 2839, filed Dec. 14, 2007 and non-elected andwithdrawn from consideration pursuant to 37CFR 1 142(b).

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REFERENCE TO A MICROFICHE APPENDIX

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The invention relates to apparatuses for receiving and transferringkinetic energy of a fluid basin, especially a water basin into anyusable power and to surface vessels as defined in claim 1 for receivingand transferring an energy of the water waves and for damping a wavesinduced rocking and rolling motion of the vessels.

There exists a need for effective units which do not require substantialvehicular support for deployment or retrieval and can be placed in aparticular optimal operative position in the water basin, then easilymaneuvered to a different position within the basin in the event of achange of location of the optimal path of the waves and stabilised inthe path without complex anchoring means.

For claim 1 there is well-known that the surface vessel produces themost powerful natural waves induced rocking or pitching or rollingmotion which contains huge kinetic energy. For conversion of the energyof the rocking motion into any useful power it is needed a supportingmechanical component such as a sea bottom but which may be remote andtherefore must be substituted. Here are considered as the nearest:

a known from U.S. Pat. No. 6,561,856 of May 13, 2003 waves-powered shippropulsion system comprising a gyroscopically stabilised platformcarried by a ship and isolated from a pitching motion of the ship; thedisadvantages of this technology are relative short distance of a momentof force and therefore needing a large size gyroscope, and to control agyro-precession;

and following systems servicing for damping a rocking motion of shipsthat is important for the safety, comfort and efficiency of loading andunloading of a cargo of the ships:

forward and astern located, rocking-suppressing stabilisers known fromU.S. Pat. No. 4,266,496 issued May 12, 1981 that are carried beneath thevessel and have horizontal surface areas disposed tangentially inrelation to an axis of rocking. The disadvantage is

that the stabilisers are not capable of stabilising a rolling motion ofthe ship.

The invention is intended to eliminate the prior art inconveniences andis directed to new and useful developments and alternatives to the priorart.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

An embodiment of the apparatus according to the invention provides awater waves kinetic energy-receiving and transferring system fortransforming and damping and restraint a waves induced rocking motion ofa surface vessel. The general idea of the claimed invention isutilisation of the rocking process through interacting with a stabilisedframe which being isolated from the motion and motionless owing to beingsupported from a vessel hull for a rotation about a centre which beingmatched with a determined centre of the motion and further stabilised bymeans of its gravity and adjacent motionless water.

The hull comprises: a number of facilities for containing a ballast sandof an intended constant mass and a ballast water, the ballast water iscapable of be spread within a volume of the sand and changed in its massand a position of a centre of mass of the ballasted hull; an energisedbilge pumping equipment for effecting a change of the mass and theposition of the centre, and a means for measuring frequencies of therocking, pitching and rolling motions of the ballasted vessel anddetermining when to operate an activating means of the equipment toeffect tuning of the ballasted hull into resonance of the motions toeffect increasing of the induced generation of the intended energy andinto a dissonance of the motions to effect increasing of the restraintof the motions.

The hull adapted to generate the energy that comprises boards and abottom having a circular about the centre outer surface. The vesselcomprises a frictionless bearing means supporting the frame means remotefrom the centre. The hull has a upward oriented circular, in relation tothe centre, surface area, the frame means has a downward oriented,co-centred surface area, and the bearing means comprises a movableco-centred bearing retainer member extending between the surfaces, and aplurality of bearing balls connected movably to the retainer member.

The stabilised frame means is adapted to extend down toward below awater line of the hull and has a vertical surface area with its centreof dynamic pressure upon adjacent water that located remote from thecentre.

The system comprises a number of first rocking motion-restraint andenergy-transferring members, each of the first members is supported atits end from the stabilised frame means in a depending relationship andremote from the centre;

a number of second rocking motion-restraint and energy-transferringmembers, each of the second members is supported at its end from thehull remote from the centre and capable of being forced into interactionwith a corresponding first member, where the rocking, pitching androlling motion of the vessel produces a relative movement between thesupported ends of the interacting first member and second member, whichmovement causes a relative movement between the interacting first memberand second member to produce an amplified oscillating motion of thesecond member to provide intended restraint of the rocking motion aboutthe centre and generation of the energy.

Each of the number of the first members is supported for rotation abouta first point, and each of the second number of the second members issupported for rotation about a second point, the first point and thesecond point being remote from the centre. The system comprises a numberof reversible machines, each of the machines is connected to the firstmember and to the second member therebetween and capable of generatingan intended usable energy and restraint the relative movement betweenthe ends of the first and second members. The machine is a cylinder andsliding vane motor-pump assembly comprising a circular cylindrical shaftmember having first and second opposing end pin portions and at leastone pumping and damping vane portion extending radially, in relation toan axis of the shaft member, between the first and second pin portions,where each of the vane portions has a first end and a second end and anouter edge extending between the first and second edges towardimmediately an inner face of a pumping and damping cylinder member ofthe assembly, the co-axially disposed pumping and damping cylindermember having two opposing, radially extending end walls that beingprovided with axial openings generally surrounding the pin portions ofthe shaft member and a circular cylindrical wall extending between theend walls and having vane portions extending between end walls radiallyinward and toward immediately an outer face of the shaft member, asealing means at the openings and edges of the vane portions of theshaft and cylinder members for engaging on the faces of the cylinder andshaft members to relatively close off interiors between the vaneportions of the cylinder and shaft members and prevent the outflow ofthe fluid materials being compressed from the interiors being reducedinto the adjacent interiors being extended; a valves and pipes forsucking the fluid materials into the interior being extended andexhausting the compressed fluid materials from the interior beingreduced toward a reserve tank receiving and storing the compressed fluidmaterials, where the valves are capable of tuning the generating-pumpingsystem or shutting it down; the tank provided with valves and pipes fortransferring the compressed fluid materials toward an user, where thevalves are capable of changing pressure of the stored fluid materialsfor tuning the generating-pumping system or shutting it down.

The invention may be understood more readily and various other featuresof the invention may become more apparent from consideration of thefollowing description.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a front view of a first embodiment of a kinetic waves inducedenergy-receiving and transferring vessel of the apparatus according tothe invention;

FIG. 2 is a side view of the vessel shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a longitudinal vertical section view of a second embodiment ofa kinetic waves induced energy-receiving and transferring vesselaccording to the invention;

FIG. 4 is a part-section side view of the vessel shown in FIG. 3.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

A float-able on surface of a water basin A such an ocean or a sea or agreat lake, barge or ship or vessel and the like preferable embodiment Bof an apparatus according to the invention for receiving kinetic energyof surface water waves and transforming this energy into useable energy,the embodiment B comprises as shown on FIGS. 1 and 2 a vessel hull 1capable of facing waves of the basin A and moving like rocking, pitchingand rolling about a determined central point of the rocking motion, forexample, the circular cylindrical hull 1 capable of rolling about itsgenerally horizontal, central longitudinal axis, the rolling axis beingon a vertical, central longitudinal plane of the hull 1 and transversalto a direction of advancement of the waves. The dashed lines on FIG. 2indicate ultimate permissible operative positions of the hull 1 while itis rolling when heavy weather loads exist.

In a first embodiment, an U-shaped, submersible stabilizer frame 2 isrotatably about the axis affixed at its upper ends with a co-axialbearing means such as axles 3 and 4 and a clearance on side ends of thehull 1. Only one common axle could of course be utilized, depending onthe design of the vessel B. The frame 2 has axially and radiallydownward extending opposite rib or shelf members 5 and a paddle-shapedmember 6 extending between the members 3 and below the water line shownas VL in FIG. 2 and preferably a bottom 1 a of the hull 1 and havingradially intending surface areas for pressing up onto motionlessadjacent water of the basin A in opposite directions shown by arrows Cand D in FIG. 2 and remote from the axis. The shape of the frame 2 invertical projection, i.e. its contour, can be adapted to the pertinentconditions for the vessel B in question, and will preferably have arectangular shape and a depth of its immersion can be adapted to followthe bottom 1 a, such that the depth of immersing is acceptable, and itsintended radial width can be selected according to a total mass of thehull 1 and is determined by trials. More than two members 5 and onemember 6 could of course be utilized, depending on the requirements.Better stabilization of the frame 2 can be obtained as the members 5 and6 are arranged such that they extend out beyond a determined wave zone.

Advantageously, the hull 1 can be provided with controllable ballastmedia. The ballast media can be contained in a number of facilities, forexample, opposite holds 7 and 8 for containing a ballast sand of anintended constant mass and a ballast water which being spread within avolume of the ballast sand and capable of being changed in the mass,preferably from the basin A. A well-known energized bilge pumpingequipment (not shown) is provided, preferably on the vessel B foreffecting a change of the mass of the ballast water, that havinginjection and drainage pipes 9 and 10 for feeding an intended mass ofthe water into the ballast sand which being in the holds 7 and 8 and forremoving an intended mass of the ballast water out of the holds 7 and 8.Each hold 7 and 8 can be provided with a well-known device (not shown)for measuring a position of a controllable ballast water plane indicatedon the drawing by a line WP. The vessel B is provided with a well-knownmeans for measuring a frequency of the rolling motion of the ballastedhull 1 and determining when to operate an activating means of the bilgepumping equipment to effect tuning of the rocking system into resonanceof the waves induced motion to increase the intended generation of theenergy or into a dissonance of the motion to increase the intendeddamping or restraint of the unwanted motion. Only one or more than twoballast holds could of course be utilized, depending on therequirements.

In operation, the injection and drainage ballast pump means is capableof injecting water A into the ballast sand which being in the holds 7and 8 to increase the mass of the hull 1 or draining the watered sand todecrease a mass of the ballast and a mass of the ballasted hull 1 and todisplace the gravity center of the hull 1 in relation to the axis fromits position into an intended position which corresponding to theintended pendulum characteristics of the rolling hull 1. Wherebyoperating the pump means moves the ballast water in relation to the sandin the holds 7 and 8 in the intended sense, which movement of the waterchanges correspondingly the mass and the frequency of the own pendulumoscillation of the hull 1 about the axis into the resonance with therolling oscillation which being forced by the waves, thereby theamplitude of the rolling motion of the hull 1 is increased up to maximalpermissible amplitude and the receiving kinetic power will achieve itsmaximum.

A known means for transferring kinetic energy of the rocking hull 1 intoan usable energy such as potential energy of compressed air andelectricity can be used on the vessel B. Each of a number, fourpreferably, of double-acting, pistons and cylinders brake-pump units 11has its disposed telescopically cylinders 11 a and 11 b pivotallysecured via a linkage or bracket pivot connection 12 at a lower end tothe frame 2 and by its piston rod 11 c pivotally connected via a linkageor a bracket pivot connection 13 to the hull 1 and is capable ofcompressing air or air and water, preferably water A into a pressuretank 14 through input pipes and well-known controlling one way checkvalves (not shown) to ends of interiors of the cylinders 11 a and 11 band by an output pipe and a well-known controlling relief valve (notshown) to a well-known hydro-turbine 15, which has an output shaft andis combined with an electricity generator 16 having a generator statorfixed on the hull 1 and a generator rotor having an input shaft coupledvia a well-known speed increaser such as a gear box (not shown) to theturbine shaft.

Each of the members 6 has tangentially oriented, in relation to theaxis, hull 1 rolling motion-damping face portions capable of forcing themotionless water A in the directions C and D for being also motionlessand capable of supporting the cylinder 11 a against piston cylinder 11 bwhile the piston rod 11 c is capable of being displaced in relation tothe cylinders 11 a and 11 b with the hull 1 when it being rolled. Theface portions of the member 6 are operable by the waves and pressure ofthe fluid in the cylinders 11 a and 11 b to damp out movement of thepiston rod 11 c because rolling motion of the hull 1 to effect dampingand restraint of the rolling motion.

The vessel B is provided with at least two elongate tethers 17 and 18such as lengths of anchor chains, each of the chains having an upperchain end which being attached to a side end of the frame 2 and a lowerchain end which being attached to an anchor capable of engaging to awater basin bottom or a sea platform (not shown).

For the purpose of description of the operation of the vessel B, it willbe assumed, that the hull 1 is placed on the waving surface of the roughwater basin A and the paddle member 6 is submerged in the water basin Ato operate. The hull 1 is being rolled by means of the waves alternatelyin the leftward and rightward lateral directions C and D about therolling axis. Whereby the hull driven end of the piston rod 11 c moveswith the hull 1 about the rolling axis and the frame stopped end of thecylinder 11 a remains motionless, a relative movement being producedbetween the supported end 12 of the cylinder 11 a and the supported end13 of the piston rod 11 c. This relative movement causes a relativemovement between the rod 91 c and the cylinders 11 b and 11 a to producean amplified oscillating motion of the rod 11 c in relation to thepiston cylinder 11 b and a relative oscillating motion between thepiston cylinder 11 b and the cylinder 11 a. Thereby air or air and waterof the basin A will be alternately sucked into and compressed in thecylinders 11 a and 11 b and displaced from the cylinders 11 a and 11 bthrough the pressure pipes and valves into the tank 14 for accumulatingand storing potential energy of the compressed air. Then the compressedfluid, preferably water can be fed from the tank 14 through the pressurepipe and the controlling relief valve into the turbine 15 to rotate theturbine rotor and a generator rotor in relation to a generator stator ofthe generator 16 and electricity energy will generate.

A second preferable embodiment of an apparatus according to theinvention for restraint a rocking, pitching and rolling motion or forreceiving kinetic energy of surface water waves and transforming thisenergy into any useable energy, the second embodiment comprises afloatable on surface of the water basin A barge or ship or vessel E asshown on FIGS. 3 and 4 that having a vessel hull capable of facing thesurface waves of the basin A and rocking about its rocking centre and,for example, a circular cylindrical vessel hull 21 capable of especiallyrolling about a determined, generally horizontal axis, the axis beingpreferably on a central vertical plane of the hull 21 and crossing adirection of advancement of the waves. The dashed lines on FIG. 4indicate ultimate permissible operative positions of the hull 21 whileit is rolling when there is a heavy load of the waves.

The hull 21 has a circular cylindrical bottom and side boards 22, endwalls 23 and inner walls 24 which form opposite end holds 25 and amiddle hold 26. More than one middle hold 26 or more than two holds 25could of course be utilized, depending on the requirements.Advantageously, the holds 25 can be provided with any controllableballast media. The ballast media includes preferably an intendedconstant mass of a ballast material having a plurality of through poresof intended sizes, such as sand and an intended controllable liquidballast mass such as water, preferably water from the basin A, which canbe spread within the ballast sand. A well-known energized bilge pumpingequipment (not shown) is provided on the vessel E that having injectionand drainage pipes 27 for feeding the intended mass of the ballast waterinto the ballast sand which being in the holds 25 and for removingintended masses of the ballast water out of the holds 25. The vessel Ehas a well-known means such as a tank-level gauge for measuring the massof the ballast water having a level shown as WP in FIG. 3 and astop-watch (not shown) for measuring a frequency of its rocking motionand determining when to operate an activating means of the bilge pumpingequipment as shown at 27 to effect further changing of an amplitude ofthe rocking motion toward resonance with the waves for increasing theproduction of the energy or toward dissonance with the waves to increasedamping and restraint of the motion.

The hold 26 is adapted to accommodate a stabilizer frame means 28comprising a co-axial, semicircular cylindrical bottom 29 and side walls30 and rotatably and resistance-free affixed on the hull 21 by aplurality of co-axial, in relation to the axis, balls or rolls or wheels31 guided by a retainer member 32 and rolling on the bottoms 22 and 29or rails so that the frame 28 is isolated from a rocking, especiallyrolling motion of the hull 21. Any other well-know supporting means forthe frame 28 may be used such as a fluid-cushion support.

The bottom 29 and the side walls 30 form a room for mounting a shaft 33supported movingly and co-axially from the walls 24 therebetween, wheretwo co-axial shafts could of course be utilized instead of the shaft 33and more than one holds 26 may be arranged in the hull 21 depending onthe design of the ship E; a fluid pump-motor means 34 connected with apressure conduit and through a controllable check valve which open onlyunder an intended pressure to a pressure tank 35 for containing acompressed fluid such as air or air and water and accumulating thepotential energy and with a pressure conduit and through a well-knowncontrollable pressure-relief valve (not shown) which open only under anintended pressure to a fluid turbine 36 connected with its shaft 37 viaa well-known speed increaser such as gear box 38 and a shaft 39 to anelectricity generator 40.

Many well-known means 34 for transforming kinetic energy of the rockinghull 21 into any usable energy such as potential energy of compressedair and electricity can be used on the vessel E. For example, an air- orwater-compressing, potential energy generator and rocking motion-dampingand constraint vane pump 34 comprises the shaft 33 provided with anelongate, radially disposed paddle piston 41, a co-axially disposedcylinder 42 secured at its ends to the walls 30 therein and providedwith an radially disposed, elongate paddle piston 43; resilient packings44 and 45 provided on the outer edges of the pistons 41 and 43 andengaged correspondingly on an outer surface of the shaft 33 and on aninner surface of the cylinder 42 for sealing the small gaps between thepiston 43 and the shaft 33 and the cylinder 42 and between the piston 41and the cylinder 42; an input pipe and a well-known, one-way check valve(not shown) that is closed to pressured fluid from the cylinder 42 butis open by suction produced by return strokes of the piston 43 thatconnect the operative compression side of the pump 34 to atmosphere andthe water basin A.

The piston 43 is capable of being forced by the rocking hull 21 via theshaft 33 into interaction with the fluid which being in the cylinder 42between the pistons 41 and 43 to compress the fluid and urge the fluidat the intended pressure through the pressure conduit and the tunedcheck valve which open only under the intended pressure to supply thepressured fluid into the tank 35. The pressured tank 35 can supply thepressured fluid with the output pressure conduit and through the tunedpressure-relief valve to the turbine 36 that drives via its power shaft37, the speed increaser 38 and the shaft 39 of the generator 40.

The ship E is provided with at least two opposite disposed stopper means46 comprising elongate tethers such as lengths of anchor chains, each ofthe chains having an upper chain end which being attached to the wall 23closely to the axis and a lower chain end which being attached to ananchor capable of engaging to the water basin bottom or an motionlessobject such as a sea platform (not shown).

For the purpose of description of the operation of the ship E, it willbe assumed, that the vessel E is placed on the waving surface of therough water basin A to begin the operation and is maintained by thetethers 46 in an operative position along the waves. The hull 21 is thenbeing rolled by the waves about the axis alternately in leftward andrightward lateral directions shown by the arrows C and D in FIG. 4.

In operation, the injection and drainage ballast pump of the bilgepumping equipment injects basin water A into the ballast sand whichbeing in the holds 25 to increase the mass of the vessel E or removesthe ballast water to decrease the mass of the vessel E and to displacethe gravity center of the vessel E in relation to the axis from itsposition into an intended position which services to increase thekinetic energy of the rocking motion and the transformed power up tomaximal permissible quantity or to decrease and restraint the unwantedrolling motion.

Whereby the hull 21 driven piston 41 rotates about the axis while themotionless frame 28 supported piston 43 being motionless in relation tothe axis, thereby the piston 41 will move about the axis in relation tothe piston 43 and a fresh fluid such as air or water of the basin A willbe alternately sucked into and compressed in the cylinder 42 and thecompressed fluid will be displaced from the cylinder 42 with the inletpressure conduit and through the check valve into the tank 35 where itspotential energy will be accumulated. Then the compressed fluid can befed from the tank 35 with the outlet pressure conduit and thepressure-relief valve into the turbine 36 to rotate the turbine shaft37, the rotation will be increased by the speed increaser 38 to rotatethe shaft 39 of the generator 40 and electricity energy will generate.

These kinds of useable energy may be generated with using new and oldships, vessels, boats, pontoons etc. This method is distinguished fromthe well-known methods, based on the utilization of wave motion for aship propulsion with a foil-type wave propulsion system, and providingconversion of an energy of hull's rocking, pitching and heaving, orrolling motion into movement of energy-generating part of an useableenergy generator. The following categories of issues can use therocking-driven energy generator technology: powering supply of sea oilplatform, oceanographic researches, disaster coastal areas,desalinization plants, watering of coastal areas, etc. The stabilizerframe 28 is capable of being used as a rocking-free platform forcomfortable lodging.

The above-mentioned embodiments of the invention can be versatile, cheapto manufacture, low in maintenance requirements, highly reliable andrequiring a low degree of skill for installation, servicing andoperation.

1. A surface vessel adapted to receive and transfer kinetic energy ofwater waves, the vessel comprising: a hull supporting components of thevessel and adapted to be floated and moved with rocking, pitching androlling about a determined centre point by the waves of a water basin; aframe means adapted to be stabilised with its support in relation to thebasin; a means supporting the frame means on the hull for alternatinglateral oscillation about the centre in order to the frame means beingisolated from the motions as the vessel is floated; a means forcontrolling the oscillation of the hull in relation to the frame means.2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the controlling meanscomprises the hull having boards and a bottom shaped into a circularouter surface about the centre to effect increasing amplitudes andspeeds of the motions.
 3. The apparatus according to claim 1, whereinthe controlling means comprises: a number of hull facilities forcontaining a ballast sand of an intended mass and a ballast water of anintended volume, the ballast water being spread within an intendedvolume of the sand and capable of changing the ballast mass and aposition of a centre of hull mass; an energised bilge pumping equipmentfor effecting the spreading of the ballast water to change the ballastmass and the position of the centre of mass, and a means for measuringfrequencies of the motions of the ballasted hull and determining when tooperate an activating means of the bilge pumping equipment to effecttuning of the hull into resonance of the motions to effect increasing ofthe induced generation of the kinetic energy and into a dissonance ofthe motions to effect increasing of the restraint of the motions.
 4. Theapparatus according to claim 1, wherein the controlling means comprisesthe frame means supported at the centre and adapted to extend downtoward below a water line of the hull and having a vertically disposedsurface portion with its centre of dynamic pressure upon adjacent waterof the basin that being remote from the centre of the motions.
 5. Theapparatus according to claim 1, wherein the controlling means comprisesthe hull having an upward oriented circular, in relation to the centre,supporting surface portion, the frame means having a downward oriented,concentric supporting surface portion, and the supporting means beingdisposed between and capable of interacting with the supportingportions.
 6. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the controllingmeans comprises: a number of first rocking motion-restraint andenergy-transferring members, each of the first members is supported atits end from the frame means in a depending relationship and remote fromthe centre of the motions; a number of second rocking motion-restraintand energy-transferring members, each of the second members is supportedat its end from the hull remote from the centre and capable of beingforced into interaction with a corresponding first member, where themotions produce a relative movement between the supported ends of theinteracting first member and second member, which movement causes arelative movement between the interacting first member and second memberto produce an amplified oscillating motion of the second member toprovide intended restraint of the motions and generation of the energy.7. The apparatus according to claim 6, wherein each of the number of thefirst members is supported for turning about a first point, and each ofthe second number of the second members is supported for turning about asecond point, the first point and the second point being remote from thecentre of motions.
 8. The apparatus according to claim 6, wherein thecontrolling means comprises a number of reversible machines, each of themachines is being connected to the first member and to the second membertherebetween and capable of generating an intended usable energy andrestraint the relative movement between the ends of the first and secondmembers.
 9. The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the machine isshaped into a cylinder and sliding vane motor-pump assembly comprising:a circular cylindrical shaft having first and second opposing end pinportions and at least one pumping and damping vane portion extendingradially, in relation to an axis of the shaft, between the first andsecond pin portions, where each of the vane portions has a first end anda second end and an outer edge extending between the first and secondedges toward immediately an inner face of a pumping and damping cylinderof the assembly; the co-axially disposed pumping and damping cylinderhaving two opposing, radially extending end walls that being providedwith axial openings generally surrounding the pin portions of the shaftand a circular cylindrical wall extending between the end walls andhaving vane portions extending between end walls radially inward andtoward immediately an outer face of the shaft; a sealing means at theopenings and edges of the vane portions of the shaft and cylinder forengaging on the faces of the cylinder and shaft to relatively close offinteriors between the vane portions of the cylinder and shaft andprevent the outflow of the fluid materials being compressed from theinteriors being reduced in volume into the adjacent interiors beingextended in volume; a valves and pipes for sucking the fluid materialsinto the interior being extended and exhausting the compressed fluidmaterials from the interior being reduced toward a reserve tankreceiving and storing the compressed fluid materials, where the valvesare capable of tuning the generating-pumping system or shutting it down;the tank provided with valves and pipes for transferring the compressedfluid materials toward an energy user, where the valves are capable ofchanging pressure of the stored fluid materials for tuning thegenerating-pumping system or shutting it down.